ahasiwɔwɔ
التعريفات والمعاني
== Ewe ==
=== Etymology ===
Nominalization of wɔ ahasi (“to fornicate”), from ahasi (“prostitution”) + reduplication of wɔ (“to make”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /à.há.sì.ɰɔ̀.ɰɔ̀/, [à.ʁá.ʃì.wɔ̀.wɔ̀ ~ à.ʕá.ʃì.wɔ̀.wɔ̀ ~ à.ɦá.ʃì.wɔ̀.wɔ̀]
=== Noun ===
àhásìwɔ̀wɔ̀ (definite singular àhásìwɔ̀wɔ̀ lá or àhásìwɔ̀wɔ̀à, singular only)
prostitution, fornication, adultery
Synonym: matrewɔwɔ (archaic)
==== Related terms ====
ahasi
wɔ ahasi
=== References ===
Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “ahasiwɔwɔ”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language][1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, pages 216-7
Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “ahasiwɔwɔ”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language][2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, pages 43, 99